Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

• Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
• Item Level 29
• Binds when picked up
• Unique
• Sword
• One-Hand
• Speed 2.60
• 3 – 7 Damage
• (1.9 damage per second)
• +1 Agility
• +1 Stamina
• +1 Fire Resistance
• +1 Nature Resistance
• Chance on hit: Blasts your enemy with lightning, dealing 4 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each jump reduces that victim's Nature resistance by 0. Affects 5 targets. Your primary target is also consumed by a cyclone, slowing its attack speed by 20% for 12 sec.
• Durability 130 / 130
• Requires Level 25
• Sell Price: 4 85

Thunderfury's owner, Wray.

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker is the legendary sword once wielded by Prince Thunderaan, Prince of Air. Equipping the sword awards the Feat of Strength,  [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]. It is the only legendary weapon that can be obtained by all classes, but Druids, Priests, and Shamans cannot equip it.

History

This section concerns content related to the original World of Warcraft.

Ragnaros the Firelord, and his lieutenants Garr and Baron Geddon, defeated Thunderaan, Prince of Air, after the First Age of Creation, during the Elemental Sundering. Ragnaros was unable to fully consume Thunderaan’s essence, so he forced what little remained into a talisman of elemental binding and shattered it. He gave the two halves to his lieutenants. Ages passed, and somehow the talisman halves found their way into the hands of Highlord Demitrian, a follower of Thunderaan. He recombined the talisman but was unable to release his master. Instead, he did the best he could: He crafted a blade to serve as a vessel for his master's essence.

This section concerns content related to Legion.

When the Earthen Ring decides to resurrect Thunderaan to replace the fallen Al'Akir, a shaman adventurer takes Thunderfury from the corpse of its last wielder — a dwarf warrior called Wray who died while facing Ragemaw in Azsuna — and brings it to the Vortex Pinnacle. With the  [Heart of Skywall] and the power of Thunderfury, Thunderaan is revived and wields Thunderfury as the new Windlord.

Source

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker is the reward from the quest  [30] Rise, Thunderfury!. It is the culmination of a challenging and very expensive quest chain.

1.  [30] Examine the Vessel
2.  [30R] Thunderaan the Windseeker
3.  [30] Rise, Thunderfury!

The quest chain begins after looting the left or the right half of the  [Bindings of the Windseeker], which drop off Baron Geddon and Garr respectively, in Molten Core. Upon looting either of these, travel to Silithus and talk with Highlord Demitrian. He will hand over the  [Vessel of Rebirth] which starts the quest chain.

The next quest requires the following items:

• Both left and right halves of the  [Bindings of the Windseeker]
•  [Essence of the Firelord] - a 100% drop, assuming one has the quest, from Ragnaros, final boss of Molten Core.
• 10x  [Enchanted Elementium Bar] - smelted from 10  [Elementium Ingot] (from Blackwing Lair), 10  [Fiery Core], 100  [Arcanite Bar], and 30  [Elemental Flux].
  • The Arcanite Bars will require 100  [Thorium Bar] (smelted from 100  [Thorium Ore]) and 100  [Arcane Crystal].

Bring a raid when returning with the required items to Demitrian because he will summon Thunderaan, who promptly attacks. Upon defeating Thunderaan, loot the  [Dormant Wind Kissed Blade] from its corpse. Deliver this to (the now rather cowed) Highlord, and he will make Thunderfury.

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Thunderfury is a vicious sword, crafted from elementium and containing a crackling electrical core that might be all that remains of Prince Thunderaan. The hilt is unusually long, wrapped in black dragon hide, and studded with small spikes of black dragon bone.

Notes and trivia

• The first to obtain a Thunderfury appears to be a dwarf warrior named Wray. He would be referenced during the Shaman Order Hall questline with his corpse still wielding the weapon.
• The proc effect has been observed to be approximately 20-25%. The slowing effect from the proc affects both mobs and players. The secondary nature resistance reduction debuff that is applied to the targets does not break crowd control effects, and it is unconfirmed to whether it actually generates any threat (although it will register on a mob's threat table such as critters or the bugs in Twin Emperor's room in AQ40). The Thunderfury proc may also crit for approximately 450 Nature damage.
• While in combat with Thunderaan, the loot setting should not matter. The quest item will only be available to loot for people with the quest. (If multiple people have the quest there will be a quest item for each one of them).
• Travis Day has implied that the Bindings of the Windseeker were originally the  [Talisman of Binding Shard] and likely the unseen  [Talisman of Binding Fragment]. The names of these items fit with Highlord Demitrian's comment of a "talisman of elemental binding" more closely.
• Among the many silly discussions in Barrens chat, sometimes people try to link the item Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker into every conversation. This is presumably because it is both one of the few legendary items at the time and originally one of the longest item names in the game at the time.
  • Players usually start the conversation by saying "Did someone say  [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]?".
• Ruul the Darkener wields two weapons looking like Thunderfury.
• Nik the Mountain also appears to wield Thunderfury.
• Wyrmtongue Scavenger in the Arcway can throw Thunderfury.

References

Items referencing Thunderfury in-game

•  [Inflatable Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]
  • During  [WoW's 12th Anniversary] and subsequent anniversaries afterwards, it can be purchased from vendors at a cost of 50 .
  • Upon equipping the Inflatable Thunderfury, the player will earn the achievement  [Did Someone Say...?].
•  [Paracausal Fragment of Thunderfin, Humid Blade of the Tideseeker]
•  [Stormwrath, Sanctified Shortblade of the Galefinder]

In other Blizzard games

• A sword of the same name exists in Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series.

Outside of Blizzard

• A replica was crafted by Rooster Teeth in the Master and Apprentice series.

Gallery

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  Thunderfury, wielded by a rogue
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  TCG image of Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
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  Thunderfury, wielded by the new Windlord Thunderaan.
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  The "Thunderfury, Hallowed Blade of the Windlord" appearance for the Dreadblades.

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level squished.
  
• Patch 8.3.0 (2020-01-14): Now Transmogrifiable.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Item level squished.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Stats squished.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12):
  • Additional Nature damage merged into base damage.
  • The Thunderfury effect will now stack with [Thunder Clap].
    
• Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Visual effect of the proc changed.
  
• Patch 2.0.10 (2007-03-06): The threat generated from the proc has been substantially reduced. The threat generation from a proc of Thunderfury was previously equivalent to that of approximately one application of [Sunder Armor] from a level 60 warrior.
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Thunderfury may be equipped in either hand.
  
• Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): The tooltip on Thunderfury has been clarified to indicate that only the primary target will receive the slowing effect. In addition, the two effects have been broken down into two different debuffs to prevent incorrect information from appearing in the debuff tooltip for secondary targets (previously secondary targets were told they were slowed when they were not actually slowed).
  
• Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): The attack speed slowing effect from Thunderfury has been reduced to 20%, and no longer stacks with other such effects such as [Thunder Clap]. The rate at which the weapon procs has also been lowered.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): The Thunderfury effect's spell damage will no longer be increased by other item effects.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Added.
  

See also

• Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker, TCG card

Other versions

• Classic

  

  • Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
  • Item Level 80
  • Binds when picked up
  • Unique
  • Sword
  • One-Hand
  • Speed 1.90
  • 44 – 115 Damage
  • +15 – 30 Nature Damage
  • (53.7 damage per second)
  • +5 Agility
  • +8 Stamina
  • +8 Fire Resistance
  • +9 Nature Resistance
  • Chance on hit: Blasts your enemy with lightning, dealing 300 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each jump reduces that victim's Nature resistance by 25. Affects 5 targets. Your primary target is also consumed by a cyclone, slowing its attack speed by 20% for 12 sec.
  • Durability 125 / 125
  • Requires Level 60
  • Sell Price: 25 53 55

• Season of Discovery

  

  • Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
  • Item Level 80
  • Binds when picked up
  • Unique
  • Sword
  • One-Hand
  • Speed 1.90
  • 82 – 153 Damage
  • (61.8 damage per second)
  • +5 Agility
  • +8 Stamina
  • +8 Fire Resistance
  • +9 Nature Resistance
  • Chance on hit: Blasts your enemy with lightning, dealing 300 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each jump reduces that victim's Nature resistance by 25. Affects 5 targets. Your primary target is also consumed by a cyclone, slowing its attack speed by 20% for 12 sec.
  • Durability 125 / 125
  • Requires Level 60
  • Sell Price: 25 53 55

External links

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